Recall the excitement of the mall at its peak? The hum of consumers, the light of neon signs, the aroma of pretzels drifting from the food court? For most of us, malls were the pulse of our ...

Amid years of declining sales and eventually foreclosure, Grand Avenue was sold in 2015 to a group led by Milwaukee- and Minneapolis-based executives. The bear, however, endured past the mall.

Milwaukee Boot Co. is joining downtown Milwaukee mixed-use development The Avenue, a redevelopment of the former Shops of Grand Avenue in the city's Westown neighborhood.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- An organization that's been in Milwaukee for more than three decades is getting a makeover, or at least the outside of their building is. The Grand Avenue Club is a nonprofit ...

Amid years of declining sales and eventually foreclosure, Grand Avenue was sold in 2015 to a group led by Milwaukee- and Minneapolis-based executives. The bear, however, endured past the mall.

Mechanical bear tight roping over the Grand Avenue Mall When Milwaukee's new Grand Avenue Mall opens this mechanical bear will ride a wire over the Grand Court.